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Romanian vs Hungarian


Hungarian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
5   
10

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
  • 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
  

Similar To
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Mansi and Khanty Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
East and South Slavic Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200   
Hungarian-alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
31   
13
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
14   
11

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
alo   
szia   

Thank You
multumesc   
köszönöm   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Hogy vagy?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
Jó Éjszakát   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
jó Estét   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Jó Napot Kívánok   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
jó Reggelt   

Please
Vă Rog   
Kérlek   

Sorry
scuze   
bocsi   

Bye
La revedere   
viszlát   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Szeretlek   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
elnézést   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Csángó   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Bacău County, Rumania   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Oberwart   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Austria   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Székely   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Székely Land   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
11   
11

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.19 %   
99+

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
0.07 million   
38

Native Name
Română   
magyar / magyar nyelv   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Magyar   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
hongrois   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Ungarisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[ˈmɒɟɒr]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Hungarians   

History

Origin
1521   
1192 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Ugric   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old Hungarian   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Modern Hungarian   

Language Position
36   
28
66   
99+

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
hu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
hun   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
hun   

ISO 639 3
ron   
hun   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
hung1274   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
ohu   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Romanian and Hungarian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Hungarian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Hungarian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Hungarian language states that this language originated in 1192 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Romanian and Hungarian Language History.

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Romanian and Hungarian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Romanian and Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Hungarian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Hungarian Difficulty

The Romanian vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Hungarian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Romanian and Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.

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